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Here are your science education resources and announcements for the week of March 13, 2016 provided by the Michigan Science Matters Network. Please forward this eBlast on to other science educators in your school/district. If you have questions or comments, please forward them to:

March 14, 2016: Deadline for Middle and High School Teachers to apply to participate in the NSF GRACE Project. Learn to use GIS and receive a stipend of$1,100. Online sessions start March 17, 2016. Please visit: http://nsfgrace.net, or email esample@emich.edu

March 31, 2016: Deadline for Teachers in Grades 6 - 9 to apply for the FREE Lunar Workshop for Educators to be held June 27 - July 1, 2016 at NASA’s Goddard Flight Facility Please visit:http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/lwe/index.html

March 31, 2016: Deadline for Teachers in Grades 6 - 9 to apply for the FREE “Dynamic Response at Asteroids, the Moon, and moons of Mars” Workshop for Educators to be held July 11 - 15, 2016 at NASA’s Goddard Flight Facility Please visit:http://ssed.gsfc.nasa.gov/dream/DREAM/DREAM2Explore.html

March 31, 2016: Deadline for K – 5 Students to enter the My Green School Art Contest. Please visit:

April 12, 2016: Deadline to apply for the Central Michigan Science, Mathematics, Technology Center (SMTC) at Central Michigan University (CMU), 2015-2016 STEM Education Grants Program. K-12 Teachers are invited to apply. They anticipate funding approximately 30 awards under $7,500 and 4 awards up to $21,000, from across Michigan. Please visit:http://smtc.cmich.edu

Latest NASA satellite missions to involve GLOBE students: GOES-R! and the GLOBE Weather Watchers Project.The Global Weather Watchers K-14 project will add another collaborative project to GLOBE classrooms, a chance to develop content, collaborate in data collection, conduct joint investigations, and learn from each other the variations of weather around the world. Through these types of activities students will learn firsthand the connectedness of global weather patterns and global transport systems. Learn how to become involved at http://www.globe.gov/web/goesr/overview/how-to-participate

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Project Learning Tree Early Childhood Training Now Online

Project Learning Tree introduces a new professional development opportunity for Early Childhood educators. This 3-hour self-paced online course includes access to PLT’s e-guide containing over 130 experiences designed to engage children ages 3 to 6 in outdoor exploration, plus demonstration videos, simulations, and planning exercises. Please visit:https://www.plt.org/newsletter-ec-online-training

@NYTScience - 10,000 people took our quiz on invasive species and many got 5/5. Can you match their score?

@BrainPicker - Fascinating short read on how made that amazing zero-gravity video

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New NSTA Infographic on NGSS Available for FREE Download

NSTA's new infographic on the need for new science education standards is the first in a series that will be released over the coming months on the Next Generation Science Standards. Download and share the visually informative infographic with fellow teachers, principals, parents, and community members at:

TI is currently offering a free 1-year license of the TI-Nspire Teacher software (normally the trial software period is 90 days). This is an amazing opportunity for those of you who are interested in testing it out (even if you are not a TI-Nspire user). This is the full version of the software, so you will be able to explore all of the features (and do some awesome demonstrations).